Emma Bastin

Yesterday I was interviewed for BBC Radio 4's The World Tonight about Art Deco architecture and the London Underground's amazing posters from the 1920s and 1930s.
You can hear me in the last 5 mins www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
And the exhibition at LTM is www.ltmuseum.co.uk/whats-on/art...

Talk: A Very Merry 1920s Christmas! Take a light hearted look at Christmas in the 1920s with Dr Emma Bastin and explore Christmas decorations and gifts; parties and events; and of course, food and drink!  We’ll explore the glit…

I'm very excited to be doing a fundraising talk at @museumofcamb all about what Christmas was like one hundred years ago in the 1920s.

Tuesday 9th December at 6pm. Sequins and Christmas jumpers very welcome!

www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/event/a-very...

#christmas #1920s #festiveseason

Art deco and the Underground: design, dreams and the rise of modern Britain | London Transport Museum Explore graphic design and art deco poster art on London Underground in this expert talk with Dr Emma Bastin of the Art Deco Society UK.

Exciting news! London Transport Museum have invited me to do a talk in their amazing Cubic Theatre. I'll be taking a more in depth look at some of the Art Deco posters from the Underground and I can't wait!
6th December 2-3pm
Tickets here - www.ltmuseum.co.uk/whats-on/tal...

I had a great time! Highly recommend a visit to the small but perfectly formed Isokon Gallery - and as an added bonus it has a hugely knowledgeable and enthusiastic team of volunteers.

Join @artdecosocuk.bsky.social for their monthly online talk!
We will be welcoming artist Danny Keen on 30th October to talk about Art Deco, Modernism and the Black Aesthetic.
Tickets are available here www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/onl...

Do you love Art Deco style but would like to learn more about it? Or are you a complete novice with no idea what Art Deco is?
I'm giving a talk at the Isokon on 21st Oct where you can learn about this fabulous style!
Tickets include entry to the Isokon Gallery & a glass of wine
tinyurl.com/mrx5c6s9

Dress the part: London exhibition celebrates 60 years of film and TV period costumes From Colin Firth’s wet shirt in Pride and Prejudic to Meryl Streep’s safari gear in Out of Africa, Cosprop’s outfits achieved cinematic realism

absolutely can't wait to go and see this exhibition at the Fashion and Textile Museum!
www.theguardian.com/fashion/cost...

Art Deco: everything you wanted to know

Very exciting news! My "Everything you wanted to know about Art Deco" podcast is now available on Spotify! Thanks to @historyextra.bsky.social and their lovely host Elinor for letting me talk about my obsession!
Here's the link! open.spotify.com/episode/5RF0...

I think it would make for a really lovely You're Dead to Me podcast too 😁 Would love to introduce more people to the wonderful world of Art Deco!

Have only just seen this Greg - deeply flattered that one of the best public historians out there noticed my article and took the time to mention it! It's also lovely that it brought up personal memories ❤️

Depot open days: a journey of art and design | London Transport Museum Join us for the final Depot Open Days of the year as we explore a rich art and design heritage that is synonymous with London’s transport past and present.

Tomorrow you can hear me talking at the
@LTMuseum
Depot Open Day about everything Art Deco on the Underground. And more excitingly, you can snoop around their amazing collections.
More info and tickets here!
www.ltmuseum.co.uk/whats-on/dep...

📸To celebrate the launch of our new exhibition and Civic Day, we are pleased to host two free drop in events flicking through our extensive slide collection of Leeds 1988-1995.

📆Wednesday 4 June 11:00-15:00
📆 Saturday 14 June: 11:00-15:00

🔗zurl.co/ddpml

A contributor has had to withdraw from something I'm editing, late in the day. I'm looking for a sprightly 10,000 book historical words on the broad theme of 'consumers/consumption' and the period 1450-1650 (not necessarily all of it).

The next Art Deco Society UK online talk is on early home movies. Our expert is BFI curator Rosie Taylor and will include films from the period! Do join us!
www.ticketsource.co.uk/art-deco-soc...

My photo shows a fragment of an ancient Egyptian head of a woman sculpted from yellow jasper which has been highly polished to give a shine. The head fragment retains the chin and mouth area which has full lips. Height 13 cm. On display at the Met Museum in New York

‘Fragment of a Queen’s Face’

Timeless beauty from Ancient Egypt, c. 1390–1336 BC.

Yellow jasper exquisitely sculpted and polished to achieve a mirror-like surface. The identity of this royal woman is uncertain. The Met, photo by me.

#Archaeology

as in, the building is a cube. I was definitely not clear then! 😂

Amazing - an actual oxo cube. I only hope it didn't crumble!

If you fancy boosting your historical festive knowledge, then my talk about Christmas in the 1920s and 1930s is now online and free to watch!
I loved researching and talking on this subject. ❤️

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ceik...

You have clearly set her on the right path! :-)

Something that always surprises me all over again about writing is how much bravery is required. Sending good vibes and solidarity to anyone else trying to write the conclusion to a piece of work that has taken many years to come together. Courage calls to courage everywhere! Your work matters! 🗃️

Image from the 2024 Royal Historical Society's President's Lecture given by Lucy Noakes, the Society's new President. This image shows Lucy giving her lecture with an image of a Mass Observation slide as part of the presentation.

Image of Lucy Noakes at the podium giving her 2024 President's Lecture, on 22 November.

Now available: the 2024 RHS President's Lecture, given on 22 November by the Society's new President Prof. Lucy Noakes.

Audio and video recordings of Lucy's lecture: ‘War and Peace: Mass Observation, Memory and the Ends of the Second World War in Britain’ available here bit.ly/4ga9AL8

Black Friday Used to Be Fun for Shoppers. What Happened? (Gift Article) Lining up early outside stores and hunting for deals was once part of a gratifying Black Friday. It no longer feels that way.

www.nytimes.com/2024/11/29/b...

Feeling blue: how denim built America – in pictures Originally used as workwear for back-breaking jobs, these vintage images show the fabric’s role in dragging the US out of the Great Depression

Condensed history of denim...

www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Huge shelves with books behind a glass wall

Intrigued by the People’s Bookshelf at the National Library of Latvia. Each book in the collection has been donated by a member of the public and is inscribed by its former owner, telling a personal story relating to the book.

@madamegilflurt.bsky.social I hope you find this amusing rather than inappropriate. Below you can buy the "uterus of your dreams" :-)
Hope everything goes well and already looking forward to having you back :-)

London please help. I’m praying for a miracle, I’ve just got into the office and noticed my mums locket (in all these photos) that I wear every day has fallen off my neck on my walk in. My mum died when I was seven and her jewellery is most of what I have of her. I’m devastated

OK, I am starting my xmas shopping in earnest now. If you have a UK-based etsy or similar please drop the link below! No promises but I will browse!

snacks at the ready

Bluesky is fast approaching 21m users:

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Are you, or is someone you know and like, a UK literary agent who might be interested in a Victorian sports history group biography project? If yes, I am all ears and fingers and enthusiasm!

It's got dirty murder, mayhem, and a guy fighting a beer-drinking donkey who wore boxing gloves. Thanks.

Me, sitting on a sofa holding a copy of What is Freedom, with a small brown dog

Let's do a giveaway to welcome new people!

I'll send a free signed copy of What is Freedom to a random follower. To enter, just share this (& follow if you don't already)